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Josh Thomson has a bone to pick with Anthony Pettis. After Pettis was forced out of a scheduled match up with Thomson due to a PCL injury, Thomson decided to go on Ariel Helwani’s The MMA Hour to blast Pettis for pulling out of their fight. “I kind of figured that he was going to...

Testosterone-replacement therapy. When you read those three words, you can’t help but feel polarized. To put it simply: either you agree with it, or you don’t. But there are shades of gray on both sides of the fence. Even the most stern of TRT critics would probably turn a softer side, when speaking of Dan...

After an amazing battle against UFC light heavyweight champion Jon Jones, many people thought Alexander Gustafsson deserved an immediate rematch. It wasn’t to be, however, and Gustafsson is now set to face Jimi Manuwa (pictured) after his original opponent, Antonio Rogerio Nogueira was forced out of the fight due to an injury. Manuwa, who has won...

UFC Heavyweight champion, Cain Velasquez, has gone under the knife for a torn labrum. Initially it was thought that the UFC’s personal ‘Brown Pride’ representative would not need surgery, but Cain and his medical team decided that the medical procedure was the right course of action. The champ is no stranger to surgery and the...

GSP is holding a press-conference tomorrow that the MMA media has billed as an important announcement on the fighting future of the UFC’s welterweight champion. Rumors of retirement, vacation, family issues and more have revolved around the Canadian super-star ever since his split-decision win over Johny Hendricks. With his press-conference set for tomorrow in Canada,...

Team Alpha Male is showing out this weekend in Sacramento, California. In their hometown, four of the world-renowned team’s fighters will be competing on UFC on FOX 9. Joseph Benavidez is competing in the main event for the UFC flyweight title, Urijah Faber fights for a contender slot against Michael McDonald in the co-main event,...

Having both attended the Legends Fight show in Russia, UFC fighters Frank Mir and Jon Jones both took to the show’s after-party to engage in some good old-fashioned fun in the streets. In the video we see the two teammates sparring for fun, in public, after what we can only assume to be a fun...

Professional cage fighter, Tom “Mate” Anderton makes his living selling records in the day at Tom’s Music Trade in Red Lion, PA. The business owner recently got to put his fighting skills to the test when a thief tried to steal from his store. Anderton was able to disarm the robber and secure a choke,...

By Evan Stoumbelis Manny Pacquiao’s financial troubles just go on and on, after numerous reports that the boxing legend had gone broke Pac Man reportedly owes the government over 18 million dollars in taxes. This report comes by way of TMZ Sports: TMZ Sports has obtained official documents which show the IRS claims Manny stiffed...

Many have called last weekend’s UFC Fight Night 33 main event the best heavyweight fight of all-time, including UFC boss Dana White. However, that accolade will not be enough to guarantee the two participants an immediate rematch to settle their five-round draw. The UFC boss took to an interview on Canadian Television to clear the...

The UFC has added two welterweight fighters to their roster, both of whom will be fighting in upcoming UFC Fight Night bouts early next year. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA Various sources have confirmed that the UFC has added two welterweight fighters for upcoming appearances at UFC Fight Night bouts. Nate Loughran will be returning...

Despite hosting one of the most epic heavyweight bouts in recent history, UFC Fight Night 33 drew average ratings – but it saw significantly less viewers than the previous UFC event, The Ultimate Fighter 18 Finale. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA The ratings from last weekend’s UFC Fight Night 33 show a viewership that remains...

Welterweight fighters T.J. Waldburger and Mike Pyle (above) are set to face one another this February at UFC 170, UFC officials announced. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA T.J. Waldburger and Mike Pyle will fight one another at UFC 170, UFC officials announced today through the Las Vegas Sun. UFC 170 will take place on February...

How many times will uninformed public officials mis-label MMA as a ‘no-rules’ barbaric contest? I don’t have the answer to that, but I do know, it’s happened again, recently on Australian soil. New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione took to ‘The Australian‘ to discuss the growing sport of Mixed Martial Arts and the impact...

Last weekend we saw, TUF Season 8 winner, Ryan Bader return to form during the UFC Fight Night Fight Night 33 main card. Sometime during his dominating three-round bout against Anthony Perosh, Bader broke his hand. The UFC light-heavyweight fighter sent out the image (below) of the fracture that, according to reports, will require surgery...

“I want my son and my wife to have a good life and never have to worry about anything. I wasn’t handed anything in this sport, I’ve never had any easy fights and I’ve just been working hard to get where I am. I’m not going to set my goal to beat Anderson Silva’s title...

Both Chad Mendes and Joseph Benavidez are fighting this weekend and both fighters are looking for KOs. For Mendes, if he succeeds, he will hold the UFC record for the most consecutive wins by knock out.

It has been a little over a year since we have seen BJ Penn in action, and it seems the road back to competition will be paved with the help of UFC featherweight champion Jose Aldo and UFC interim bantamweight champion Renan Barao. Penn will be coaching the next season of The Ultimate Fighter alongside...

UFC bantamweight fighter and self-proclaimed connoisseur of awesome fight stories, Urijah Faber, gives us another animated fight story, this time bringing comedian Daryl Wright to tell of a wild day at the Laundromat. And with just a few days before Faber takes on Michael McDonald at UFC on FOX 9 this Saturday in Sacramento, it...

Junior dos Santos, after facing his second defeat at the hands of UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez, is confident his next fight will be against a big name. The two men he has in mind, Josh Barnett and Travis Browne, are set to face off this month at UFC 168. “I believe it would [make...

Top-ranked UFC middleweight contender Vitor Belfort has long been at the top of the sport, and in recent years he has accumulated some vicious highlight-reel knockouts against the division’s best stars. In this video, a promotion for the North Carolina Elevation Church, the UFC superstar lends his fighting abilities to maintain good behavior among church-goers....

UFC lightweight fighters John Makdessi and Alan Patrick are set to fight at UFC 169, which will take place on February 1 in Newark, New Jersey. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA UFC officials announced Tuesday the addition of a lightweight bout between Canadian John Makdessi and Brazilian Alan Patrick to the UFC 169 card. UFC...

UFC lightweight fighter Joe Lauzon returns to the Octagon Saturday, leading off the UFC on FOX 9 main card with a three-round fight against Mac Danzig. Coming into the bout, Lauzon is focused on getting back into the win column. By Christopher Murphy @MurphMMA This Saturday at UFC on FOX 9, fans will see...

Erick Silva will get a chance to bounce back from his devastating (and shocking) knockout loss to Dong Hyun Kim in October, as he is now scheduled to meet Nate Loughran at UFC Fight Night 36. Silva arrived to the UFC with great fanfare but has stumbled on his assumed journey to the top, as he seems...

Brad Pickett (23-8 MMA, 3-3 UFC) is moving from bantamweight to flyweight for a bout with the top ranked Ian McCall (12-4-1 MMA, 1-2-1 UFC) in early 2014. This bout is set to take place at the UFC European Tour in London event on March 8 at the O2 Arena in London, announced UFC officials. The event...

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